列車は石油で走らせるのですか。
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English Translation
Do the trains run on diesel oil?
Furigana
Romanji
Ressha wa sekiyu de hashiraseru no desu ka.
Words
列車
(れっしゃ)
train (ordinary)
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
石油
(せきゆ)
oil; petroleum; kerosene
で
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
走る
(はしる)
to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward
の
(の)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
です
(です)
be; is
か
(か)
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way